An Amorous History of the Silver Screen (1931)
52m
Running Time
February 6, 1931Release Date
An Amorous History of the Silver Screen (1931)
52m
Running Time
February 6, 1931Release Date
Plot.
Part two of A comedy film set on Shanghai film studio. The background events frequently involve the shooting of other films being made at Mingxing Film Company at the time. This includes a sequence of the 17th episode of the silent wuxia film series Burning of the Red Lotus Temple, which is the only known footage from this historic series to exist.
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Details.
Release DateFebruary 6, 1931
Original NameThe Romance on the Screen
StatusReleased
Running Time52m
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This Movie Is About.
shanghai
film in film
wuxia
chinese cinema
movie industry
Wiki.
An Amorous History of the Silver Screen (simplified Chinese: 银幕艳史; traditional Chinese: 銀幕艷史; pinyin: Yínmù Yànshǐ) is a 1931 film in two parts directed by Cheng Bugao for the Mingxing Film Company. Starring Xuan Jinglin, it follows a courtesan who rises to stardom in the Shanghai film industry, endangers her position for romance, and ultimately decides to earn an independent living through acting. This film, which used Mingxing's studios as part of its setting, has been read as a metafilm featuring biographic elements. Part of the film has been lost, with only 52 minutes of the second part surviving.